Yup i bet your right, small world..n really who wouldn't want to live on the Island. Great post Dave S, Thanks for sharing ..
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Ok I am heading off topic a bit.....LOL. This is directed at more at Jeff...
Jeff Great post.. Yah I like reading that on what has happened to all of the guys we all used to board with. Suprising a lot of them kept with it.
Skateboarding is expressive and I was young we loved the fact that society hated the graphics etc.. It was kind of something most didn't understand unless you came from group. That very same graphic above "Bones Brigade" I posted got me suspended as they wouldn't let me wear it as they said it look to much like german WW2 memorabilia.. But it was Ok in langford ( Oh I am sorry Westshore) to where iron maiden backpatches...Go figure.
So I am not surprised when people see a graphic like what was posted they can't understand whey someone would like that.. I laughed when I met Colin McKay he was kid... I found some footage of Richmond its down the page on this site
http://brokenbonessk8.blogspot.ca/2011/07/richmond-skate-ranch.html
My (80'-90's) generation of skateboarding really put the parks on the island to stay, and were responsible for the push in skateboarding as it is today along with the guys like Jeff said made a life of it.
Most of us moved on...But once in a while we get on a board again....
It makes me happy when I see even in Sooke/Duncan etc of all places has a skate park. I helped with others putting in skateparks in south island langford, oak bay, esquimalt all in late 80's to see them close.. If you remember how bad Nanaimo was Jeff. You couldn't go near that town with a skateboard.... There were no places to go and you were considered an outcast/rebel group. Victoria is actually talking about finally getting rid of ban on skateboards... It is about time IMO.
I don't think its bad to not like something each to there own. If I wasn't a skateboarder I could see how you could take that...